Tobacco and Shamanism in South America
The Latin American Anthropology Review December 1, 1991 DOI: 10.1525/jlca.1991.3.2.67.2 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Historical analysis Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Shamanism |
| Citations | 26 |
| Key points | Argues that tobacco is the fundamental psychoactive agent in South American shamanism, more central than other hallucinogens. |
Abstract
Tobacco and Shamanism in South America. Johannes Wilbert. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987. xix. 294 pp., figures, maps, tables, bibliography, index. $30.00 (cloth). ISBN 0‐300‐ 03879‐8.
Comparable studies
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|---|---|---|---|
| Ayahuasca Shamanism in the Amazon and Beyond | 2014 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Shamanism as the Original Neurotheology | 2004 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Cognitive Neuroscience, Shamanism and the Rock Art of Native California | 1998 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| From Culture to Experience: Shamanism in the Pages of the Soviet Anti-Religious Press | 2020 | Historical analysis | |
| Anthropology, Shamanism, and Alternate Ways of Knowing–Being in the World: One Anthropologist's Journey of Discovery and Transformation | 2010 | Reflective essay or personal narrative |
Citations in the library
Cited by 7
- Cognitive Neuroscience, Shamanism and the Rock Art of Native California Anthropology of Consciousness March 1, 1998
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- Identity of a New World Psychoactive Toad Ancient Mesoamerica 1992
- Psychedelic sacraments Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 2005
- Brebaje Palo: a case study among the indigenous healers of Iquitos (Peru) Revista de Biologia Neotropical August 21, 2019
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